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I worked with Divina Galica for a few years while at iRacing. She did licensing. Considering she literally knew everyone in racing, she was very good at it. She learned so much about racing that she forged a career teaching others via Skip Barber and other racing schools.

FYI that’s me. Former employer was left with a clean handover so won’t affect them.

I wrote an article for the first time in a good while. Yay.

These have been found and I will get them up on the site asap.

That's good to hear. Their review showed netcode issues I didn't have either, so probably just a pre-release blip.

Be aware that in the @traxiongg.bsky.social review they did say it had issues on Steam Deck. I'd give it a try but be aware of Steam's refund window.

Project Motor Racing Adding Free Ford Falcon V8 2013 | Race Sim Central Straight4 have announced they will be releasing a free car “as a token of our appreciation to all players, old and new, for standing by” them. The Ford Falcon V8 2013 will be deployed with Project Mot...

Project Motor Racing are giving away a free 2013 Ford Falcon V8 with their next major update. racesimcentral.net/project-moto... #simracing #projectmotorracing

iRacing Arcade Builds Brand Awareness – Our Review | Race Sim Central One of my main roles in sim racing over the past few years has been licensing, talking to brands and bringing their intellectual property into whatever game I was working on. Many brands don’t seem to...

I can't stress enough the importance of getting yourself in a game and getting that game in front of kids. The brands involved understand this. iRacing appears to understand this. That's why iRacing Arcade needed to exist. racesimcentral.net/iracing-arca... #iracing #iracingarcade

Yeah I’m excited to watch the race as well. Should be a good time.

I will be at the Sim Racing Expo in Charlotte this May. Hope to see some of you there! Will be my first time ever attending one of these when not working for a studio (whether I was there representing them or not). There better be something amazing in that Golden Ticket Goodie Bag! 😂

Assetto Corsa Rally v0.3 Early Access Release Includes Two-Stage Monte-Carlo Rally, Skoda Fabia RS Rally 2 And Lancia Fulvia Coupe HF | Race Sim Central Supernova Games have released Assetto Corsa Rally v0.3 into Early Access on Steam. This update features a laser scanned Monte-Carlo rally of two stages, the Skoda Fabia RS Rally 2, Lancia Fulvia Coupe...

Assetto Corsa Rally v0.3 Early Access seems to have been received well! With changeable wintry conditions, Monte-Carlo rally, Skoda Fabia RS and Lancia Fulvia Coupe HF, it's a great step forward. racesimcentral.net/assetto-cors... #simracing #acrally #assettocorsarally #montecarlorally

LIMITATIONS OF FIRST-GENERATION DIRECT DRIVE WHEEL BASES - Thrustmaster Thrustmaster explains the limitations of first-generation Direct Drive and unveils its vision for a new generation of Direct Drive that is more precise and accessible.

Thrustmaster have posted a very educational write-up on the "limitations" of Direct Drive hardware. I'm not sure whether this was posted on behalf of support, marketing or what, but it's still great information. www.thrustmaster.com/en-gb/news/l... #simracing #thrustmaster

Formula Circus Dev Begins To Show Off Changeable Weather And Tire Wear | Race Sim Central Gecki has been showing off Formula Circus development on social media, including day to wet transitions and visual tire wear. Dry to wet transition images: Dry to wet transition video: Track condition...

The pace of development on this from such a small team is quite impressive. The dry to wet surface transitions along with visual and physical tire wear are shown off in the latest developer updates on social media: racesimcentral.net/formula-circ... #simracing #formulacircus

iRacing’s February 2026 Dev Blog Details New NASCAR Camaro ZL1, RAM Truck, St. Pete Track Addition And More | Race Sim Central Greg Hill of iRacing has posted a new development blog, detailing what iRacing are working on. You can see the whole thing quoted below, but I have picked out the headline items: – Camaro ZL1 (NASCAR ...

iRacing's Greg Hill has posted his Season 2 Dev Update, detailing a few new cars, St. Pete track and a decent amount of art and physics updates. I've summarized it for you. racesimcentral.net/iracings-feb... #simracing #iracing

But that means the second one is fakery. ;)

Hopefully nobody would argue that I have an in-depth understanding of the racing game genre and its users, hardware suppliers and the brands involved over the past three decades. I'm available for related Consulting, Research and Licensing duties. tim@racesimcentral.net

Rennsport, Future WRC And Other Racing Games At-Risk As KT Racing Parent, Nacon, Files For Insolvency | Race Sim Central The racing game community may be facing another period of uncertainty as French publisher Nacon has formally filed for insolvency and requested judicial reorganization. This step comes due to financia...

It's never the person who pushed around a lacking number of numbers on a spreadsheet that gets affected by things like this. Hopefully the insolvency process does what it is supposed to, and allows them to recover as much as possible. #simracing #wrcgame #rennsport racesimcentral.net/rennsport-fu...

Oh dear. It looks like they didn't even bother to flip some of the logos. Notice both NEXA and AXEN (but backwards) on the side of the same car.

The physics in this were written in a couple of months. Before that, it was a hovercar using the model from Zone Raiders!

It's kinda amazing this ended up as good as it was, it sort of didn't deserve to!

Also... 1996 to 2006. Man... What an era.

SIMBIN Sign Exclusive FIA GT Deal Until 2012 | Race Sim Central SIMBIN have today announced they extended their license for the FIA GT series until 2012. This not only serves to preview GTR 2 but should be an indication of multiple more GTR series titles in the ne...

#OnThisDay in 2006, SIMBIN announced they would hold the SRO FIA GT license until 2012... Yet we never got GTR 3. racesimcentral.net/simbin-sign-... #simbin #simracing #retrogaming #gtr2

Seems really oddly consistent that even in spiky racing game years only about 1/3 of them made the grade in my 'best sims' decision process.

Was curious how the 'Best Sims' list ( racesimcentral.net/itm/best-sim... ) compared to the number of total racing games per year on the site.

So in 1984 there are 3 titles. 1 is on the best sims list, which is why a third of the bar is orange.

For reference. A lot of this is just media and autograph sessions.

Electronic Arts Signs Multi-Year F1 License | Race Sim Central EA announced today that they have signed a multi-year license to make F1 simulations. And yes, they state they’ll be on PC… Here is their full press release: ELECTRONIC ARTS SIGNS FORMULA ONE LICENSE ...

#OnThisDay in 1999 Electronic Arts signed a multi-year deal for the rights to Formula One. This it the deal that led to F1 2000, F1 Championship Season 2000, F1 2001, F1 2002, F1 Challenge '99-'02. racesimcentral.net/electronic-a... #simracing #f1 #f1game #retrogaming

@gplaps.bsky.social has a guide on how to install. The srmz links are different now but you can google to find everything mentioned. It’s still really amazing.

Richard Yasi on Grand Prix Legends, Papyrus, and The Final Days of a Studio | Race Sim Central If you ever played Papyrus' seminal Grand Prix Legends then you've read his name. Rich began working as a tester on NASCAR Racing (1994) and was with Papyrus at the end. In this interview, published i...

One of my favorite interviews. Richard Yasi on his days at Papyrus, a ton of information on Grand Prix Legends and the ultimate demise of the studio. racesimcentral.net/richard-yasi... #simracing #nr2003 #retrogaming

I do so much handling that depends on the wp backend. A software profile has a software tag and the game tag, a news post has the news tag and the game tag it goes to, etc. Everything is cross-referenced through these tags.

As a self taughty, a big change sounds like a nightmare.

If interested in Web site stuff. Had to do something. The Web host is super cheap and as the site operates at a loss anyway, I really didn't want to upgrade, which is all the host ever advised me to do.

I'm self taught in all this stuff if any of this should have been obvious, but, yeah. It wasn't.